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Patented Jan. 6, 1891.

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ABEL LAND, oE HUDSON, MiolneAN.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,36 4, dated January6, 1891.

Application filed October 6 1890.

T all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, ABEL LAND, a citizen of the United States, residingat Hudson, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have inventedcertain new and v useful Improvements in IVire Fences; and Ido herebydeclare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

Hy invention relates to a wire fence; and the object of my invention isto provide a fence that will not warp, swag, nor break in warm or coldweather, owing to the expansion and contraction of the wires caused byheat and cold. I attain said object bya certain construction andarrangement of the wires which compose the same, fully described in thisspecification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which thefigure is a side view in elevation of my fence complete.

A designates the horizontal wires of my fence, which are constructedwith the crimps a and a between the vertical wires.

B represents the vertical wires, which after being wound around the tophorizontal wire any desired number of times is extended to the oppositeside of the next lowest horizontal Wire A, and in like manner woundaround the same the required number of times, after which it is againextended to the opposite side of the next horizontal wire A, and theoperation repeated, and so on until the last horizontal wire is reached.In other words,

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the vertical wires B are wrapped alternately from opposite sides of thehorizontal wire A. This securely braces the horizontal wires andprevents the same from warping. The crimps a and o of the horizontalwires A between the vertical wires B prevent the horizontal of fromopposite sides thereof and extending the width of' the fence,substantially as described and set forth.

2. In a wire fence, the horizontal Wireshaving crimps, in combinationwith the vertical wires wrapped around the horizontal Wires a1-ternately from opposite sides thereof and extending t-he width of thefence, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

lVitnesses:

GEANT FELLoWs, BERT D. CHANDLER.

